Yahoo! reaches over half a billion users, and 1 out of every 2 people online. It is a technologically successful corporation, and has a fun name to say. Try it…Yahoo! See, it is fun to say. At Yahoo! they take technological advancement to a whole new level. Three main ways this innovative company is using technology to encourage group collaborative communication are: 1) Their own company blog (Yodel Anecdotal), 2) Yahoo! Research and 3) Yahoo! for Good
The Yahoo! company blog, called the Yodel Anecdotal provides a look at the inside of the company, their employees, culture, and the latest in technology. They discuss trends, provide videos, podcasts, photo essays, and even the latest news. Yahoo! Research on the other hand has a purpose to deliver science and it allows users to try out the latest in innovations! Sandbox from Yahoo! Research was built in order to give people a sneak peek at their company projects that are in the works. They literally created a “virtual playground” to try out their latest ideas. On their site they explain that they “believe in an open culture of collaboration” (Yahoo!, 2008), with their work reaching so many people, collaboration is key. Yahoo! for Good (according to their website) connects people with causes through their products and services, as well as through partnerships with nonprofits like Global Green, Network for Good, and DonorsChoose. A collaborative effort across the globe!
Yahoo! is a technologically advanced corporation with insights into the future of technology both on line and off line and they use a mix of strategic collaborative efforts to maintain their status across the globe. The company was founded in 1994 by Stanford Ph.D. students David Filo and Jerry Yang. “Yahoo! began as a hobby and has evolved into a leading global brand that has changed the way people communicate with each other, conduct transactions and access, share, and create information” (Yahoo!, 2008). So not only is Yahoo! fun to say, but the company is a leading innovator in communication and continues to work towards the future of technology.
Some fun facts about Yahoo!
There are 9x more Yahoo! Gamers than fans of the New York Times Sunday crossword!
If Yahoo! News were a printed publication, it would serve 16x more readers than USA Today!
The average Yahoo! Messenger chit-chat is 17 times longer than one on a cell phone!
Yahoo! Groups has more members than the number of International Red Cross volunteers!
It would take 50,000 planes to fly all of the Yahoo! Travel users on a group vacation!
References used from Yahoo! for this blog posting:
http://careers.yahoo.com/funfacts.php
http://forgood.yahoo.com/index.html
http://research.yahoo.com/
http://ycorpblog.com/
http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/overview.cfm
1 comment:
Tiffany,
It is a fun and detailed overview on Yahoo!
And Yahoo search engine (Google’s competitor), was named the number one for 2008 :) It is interesting that both of these companies, Yahoo and Google, were founded by two graduate students from Stanford.
Michael
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